The German software-as-a-service outfit offers legacy service providers a suite of tools — email, storage, file collaboration and a cloud office suite — that they can use to keep their subscribers sweet.

One of the most popular productivity apps on the iPhone finally arrives on the iPad. Scanner Pro’s simple, straightforward functionality and integration into other iPad and cloud-based apps is another example of how easy it is for businesses and consumers alike to join the post-PC world.

AwayFind, the email productivity app that lets users get alerts when they receive important messages, is getting serious about business — its own, and others. The San Francisco startup has announced a new version specifically for businesses and the closure of its round of seed funding.

If you happened to venture over to our sister site TheAppleBlog recently, you might have seen my list of iPad applications that changed my mind about the future of the device. Well, I’ve also had a similar epiphany about using the iPad as a mobile workstation.